Reckitt reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,290 total reviews)
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Kris Licht

73% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Reckitt has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,290 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Reckitt employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Jan 20, 2017

Worst experience ever!!! Save your time! Run away if you can

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits, which are a good hook to attract new employees for their high turn over.

Cons

-Too obsessed for P&L that they don't care about customers and consumers; continue squeezing to increase GM even when this means getting a lower quality product/packaging for consumers. -So internal focused that in 2016 didn't grow sales, only GM for saving money from trade spend, not a smart and sustainable long term strategy. - Lack of deep shopper understanding. - No training for new hires (learn it on the fly and be pressured for it), no work life balance, you can work all days and weekends until late however if you don't fall into their politics, they would threat you to fire you, that's what they call "motivation". - Managers have no people skills and they would stab you in the back instead of giving you an authentic and timely constructive feedback. - Promotions depends on like-ability or being there for a long time to have a "relationship" with the boys club. "Good" is not "good enough" depending on your likeabilty and politics.

2.0
May 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- Great work / life balance in R&D - Good benefits (e.g. 401k matching, summer hours, good health insurance, stock options, etc.) - Good for career starters, as experience outside of rb is entirely neglected, and recent grads are valued in the same way as experienced professionals - Great maternity leave policy

Cons

High job rotation, once you've been in your job for a day you are considered "expert" once you've been in your job for a year, they'll rotate you to do something entirely different and yes... consider you as an "expert" after a week in the new job. Not a real big surprise that nobody actually knows what he/she is doing. High density of middle managers who: - micro manage - only convey & distribute information/orders from manager +1 - do not make any decisions - will not ever (never!) challenge marketing or their own superiors - do not know their job either RB has recently introduced a couple of additional layers of "leadership", which makes the decision making process non existent All in all, rb is continuing its downward spiral...and has not hit rock bottom - YET Sub par compensation in R&D

1.0
Aug 2, 2023

Horrible Company Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Global reach of organization and diversity of talent from around the globe. Mainstay brands in majority of households

Cons

Multiple instances of people being insulted to the point of crying in meetings, constant reorganization and reprioritization of resources, managers who have zero people development and leadership skills who were promoted for their individual contributions and receive no coaching or training to learn how to lead. This place is by far the worst organization I've ever worked for and I would absolutely not recommend working here even to my least favorite person. This place is designed for people who are self-centered egotistical Type A individuals- if that's you then you'll likely love working there. But, it's a poor fit for most.

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